NHL · Jan 22, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

4–2

Final

Montréal Canadiens

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The Sabres beat the Canadiens 4–2 at Centre Bell. U. Luukkonen took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	1	1	4	17
Canadiens	0	2	0	2	34

★ Three Stars

1U. LuukkonenBUF

2N. SuzukiMTL · 1G 1A

3B. ByramBUF · 0G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

00:44

Jason Zucker (Jack Quinn, Ryan McLeod)

1-0

14:58

Beck Malenstyn (Mattias Samuelsson)SH

2-0

2nd Period

02:25

Zach Benson (Konsta Helenius, Noah Ostlund)

3-0

03:56

Cole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson)

3-1

11:20

Nick Suzuki (Zachary Bolduc)

3-2

3rd Period

19:16

Peyton Krebs (Tage Thompson)EN

4-2

Boxscore

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Zach BensonL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	10:47
Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	10:38
Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	+1	0	1	6	2	11:41
Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	17:00
Konsta HeleniusC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	9:36
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	20:53
Noah OstlundC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	13:02
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	16:57
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	17:14
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	5	2	23:03
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	15:26
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	2	22:53
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2	26:25
Alex TuchR	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	19:46
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1	12:04
Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	10:57
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	0	27:21
Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	6:17

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	34	32	2	.941	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Canadiens2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nick SuzukiC	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	20:14
Cole CaufieldR	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17:56
Zachary BolducR	0	1	1	-1	6	2	4	2	14:18
Mike MathesonD	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	1	23:53
Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	13:21
Kirby DachC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	15:25
Phillip DanaultC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	13:20
Ivan DemidovR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	17:44
Jake EvansC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:25
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3	15:54
Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	18:50
Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	18:53
Noah DobsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3	23:26
Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	14:17
Lane HutsonD	0	0	0	-3	2	4	0	0	24:14
Jayden StrubleD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	9:06
Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	13:09
Joe VelenoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	10:02

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Samuel MontembeaultStart	16	13	3	.813	58:33
Jakub Dobes	0	0	0	-	0:00